This woman right here has been through one hell of a year! At the end of this spring she was diagnosed with breast cancer just shortly after watching her mother go through a year of reallyyy rough cancer..... She spent her whole summer getting radiation therapy while still working her job. She would drive all day delivering mail and then drive an hour to the hospital and an hour back every single Monday-Friday for 2 months! There were many days she wanted to give up but when it was all said and done she never did! Everything single lift on Saturday when I got under the bar I thought of the strength my mom had! She carried me through this meet and being able to share my first nationals with her there cheering for me was something I will cherish forever! My mom is one of my biggest supporters and I know no matter what crazy dream I have she will always be there for me! I’m thankful that I still have my mom and you better bet I won’t take any moments with her for granted! I love you mom and I know I already made you cry at dinner but you deserve to know how much I love you and how thankful I am that your my mother! ❤️❤️#breastcancerawareness

Is it possible to feel stronger after a haircut? 😂 Jokes aside, I started a new powerlifting program today so guess who gonna live at the gym 5x a week! (ima try). I'm excited and already tired at the thought of it but I'm excited to see what results ill have in the next 3 months! ill try to get vids of my workouts/ progress 😁🙌🏾 #girlswhopowerlift#powerlifting#powerliftingchicks

No truer words can be spoken about females and lifting. . #repost @powerliftingwomen (@get_repost) ・・・ READ & SHARE ❤ @steficohen - "Women need iron. Not the vitamin. The barbell. We are trained by the world around us to have fucked up ideas about our bodies; iron unfucks them. We are taught that the only good direction for the scale to go is down, and to agonize ritualistically when it goes up. Iron teaches us the power of gaining weight for strength and gives us another weight to care about – the weight we are lifting. ___________________________________________ We are taught to think of our bodies as decorative, an object to be looked at; iron teaches us to think of our bodies as functional, our own active selves, not passive objects for another’s regard. Whole industries exist to profit by removing from us our confidence and selling it back as external objects. Iron gives us confidence from within through progressive training and measurable achievements. ___________________________________________ We are taught to be gentle and hide our strength or even to cultivate charming physical weakness until we start to believe our bodies are weak. Iron teaches us how strong we can be." . . . #theirondiva#squat#bench#deadlifts#lifting#girlswhopowerlift#girlswholift#girlswithmuscle#powerbuilding#fitgirl#fitlife#strength#fitstagram#chicksthatlift#gwpl#powerliftingchicks#bodybuilding#strengthtraining#strength#fitchick